Table 56. Women Principal Operators - Selected Farm Characteristics: 2012 and 2007 
[For meaning of abbreviations and symbols, see introductory text.] 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
Characteristics 
Principal operator 
2012 
2007 
2012 
2007 
FARMS AND LAND IN FARMS 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) - Con. 
Farms number 
7,013 
8,255 
Land in farms acres 
1 ,437,568 
1 ,427,753 
Other crop farming (1 1 19) - Con. 
FARMS BY SIZE 
Sugarcane farming, hay farming. 
and all other crop farming 
1 to 9 acres 
2,528 
2,739 
(11193, 11194, 11199) 
1,084 
1,209 
1 0 to 49 acres 
2,625 
3,336 
50 to 1 79 acres 
1,117 
1,285 
Beef cattle ranching and farming (112111) 
1,722 
2,051 
1 80 to 499 acres 
396 
485 
Cattle feedlots (112112) 
15 
113 
500 acres or more 
347 
410 
Dairy cattle and milk production (1 1212) 
44 
60 
Hog and pig farming (1122) 
122 
89 
OWNED AND RENTED LAND IN FARMS 
Poultry and egg production (1123) 
329 
297 
Owned land in farms farms 
6,620 
7,781 
Sheep and goat farming (1124) 
701 
824 
acres 
1,190,771 
1,149,375 
Animal aquaculture and other animal 
Rented or leased land in farms farms 
987 
1,203 
production (1 125, 1 129) 
1,328 
2,036 
acres 
246,797 
278,378 
OTHER FARM CHARACTERISTICS 
TENURE 
Farms by- 
Full owners farms 
6,026 
7,052 
Type of organization (see text): 
acres 
946,913 
904,700 
Organization with 50 percent or more 
Part owners farms 
594 
729 
ownership interest held by operator and/or 
acres 
400,065 
443,822 
persons related by blood, marriage, or adoption 
6,825 
(NA) 
Tenants farms 
393 
474 
acres 
90,590 
79,231 
Limited Liability Corporation (see text) 
600 
(NA) 
MARKET VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS 
Operation's legal status for tax 
SOLD AND GOVERNMENT PAYMENTS 
purposes (see text): 
Family or individual 
6,131 
7,270 
Total farms 
7,013 
8,255 
Partnerships 
378 
539 
$1,000 
271,543 
214,308 
Corporations 
319 
352 
Other - cooperative, estate or trust. 
Market value of agricultural products 
institutional, etc 
185 
94 
sold farms 
7,013 
8,255 
$1,000 
263,407 
207,236 
Number of operators: 
Crops, including nursery 
1 operator 
3,329 
3,897 
and greenhouse crops farms 
2,729 
2,630 
2 operators 
3,151 
3,716 
$1,000 
187,495 
132,807 
3 operators 
403 
468 
Livestock, poultry, and 
4 operators 
84 
109 
their products farms 
3,615 
4,424 
5 or more operators 
46 
65 
$1,000 
75,912 
74,429 
Government payments farms 
695 
645 
Number of women operators: 
$1,000 
8,136 
7,072 
1 operator 
6,310 
7,383 
2 operators 
611 
771 
FARMS BY ECONOMIC CLASS 
3 operators 
78 
80 
4 operators 
9 
12 
Less than $1 ,000 
2,039 
3,008 
5 or more operators 
5 
9 
$1 ,000 to $2,499 
1,255 
1,436 
$2,500 to $4,999 
1,053 
1,059 
Farms reporting- 
$5,000 to $9,999 
897 
935 
Internet access 
5,819 
6,052 
$10,000 to $24,999 
765 
806 
Dial-up service 
549 
(NA) 
$25,000 to $49,999 
405 
409 
DSL service 
2,391 
(NA) 
$50,000 or more 
599 
602 
Cable modem service 
844 
(NA) 
Fiber-optic service 
227 
(NA) 
COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION (CCC) LOANS 
Mobile broadband plan for a computer 
AND FEDERAL FARM PROGRAM PAYMENTS 
or a cell phone 
1,003 
(NA) 
Satellite service 
1,092 
(NA) 
CCC loans (see text) farms 
1 
6 
Broadband over Power Lines (BPL) 
204 
(NA) 
$1,000 
(D) 
(D) 
Other Internet service 
244 
(NA) 
Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable 
Wetlands, or Conservation Reserve Enhancement 
Principal operator is a hired manager farms 
175 
233 
Programs payments farms 
328 
308 
acres 
87,648 
159,385 
$1,000 
3,969 
4,041 
Other Federal farm program 
Farms by number of households sharing 
payments farms 
569 
514 
in net income of farm: 
$1,000 
4,166 
3,031 
1 household 
6,216 
7,180 
FARMS BY NORTH AMERICAN INDUSTRY 
2 households 
609 
843 
CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM (NAICS) 
3 households 
105 
126 
4 households 
37 
60 
Oilseed and grain farming (1111) 
82 
59 
5 or more households 
46 
46 
Vegetable and melon farming (1112) 
290 
149 
Fruit and tree nut farming (1113) 
610 
578 
Farms by share of principal operator's 
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture 
total household income from farming: 
production (1 1 14) 
686 
790 
Less than 25 percent 
5,807 
6,846 
25 to 49 percent 
378 
500 
Other crop farming (1119) 
1,084 
1,209 
50 to 74 percent 
379 
429 
Tobacco farming (11191) 
- 
- 
75 to 99 percent 
230 
256 
Cotton farming (11192) 
- 
- 
1 00 percent 
219 
224 
46 Oregon 
2012 Census of Agriculture - State Data 
USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service 
